Comic Exposure

Aspiring filmmakers, emotional artists, Lovecraftian aliens, and a couple of weekend getaways. These are only a few of the ingredients in Charles Burns’s disorienting comic casserole: Final Cut. The question becomes…is it spooky enough for the Comic Exposure Spooky Squad.

James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh’s horror-action comic Exquisite Corpses takes the spooky squad into their second October book, but who will be their favorite killer?

This week, the boys enter their opinions into the discourse around HBO’s Lanterns Series.

The Spooky Squad is back in full effect as Andrea (the Cryptid Queen) makes her autumnal pilgrimage back to the pod. This time the squad kicks off SPoOKy season with filling in a gap in their spooky comic history with the seminal vampire graphic novel 30 Days of Night.

Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips team up in this pastoral take on the zombie apocalypse. Could this be the book that makes Josh and Travis root for the zombies? Tune in to find out!

Gerry Duggan re-assembles the West Coast Avengers with a slight twist in “The Gospel of Ultron”. What do the boys think of this mainstream run from Marvel comics.

This week, the boys discuss the speculative outcome of the real-life 1962 Alcatraz escape. Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook explore themes of freedom and identity in this beautifully composed comic.

To end the summer reading series, the boys are pulling out the novels they read this summer. They talk a variety of books, but if you like genre, give it a listen for reading suggestions. No spoilers!

This week the boys discuss the graphic novel version of the hit book series Dungeon Crawler Carl. How will the graphic novel stack up against the book and audiobook?

The boys have reached the end of their six comic standalone summer event. Tune in to find out what Josh and Trav thought about the experience and what lessons they will take away.